WOMEN POSITION- NOVADAYS

….„We have , then, three main forms of the family, corresponding in genaral to the three main stages of human development. For savagery group marriage, for barbarism the pairing familly, for civilization monogamy supplementet by adultery and prostitution. Between the pairing familly and monogamy, in the higher stage of barbarism the rule of menover female slaves and polygamy is inserted.

As we proved by our all argument, the progress visible in this chain of phenomena  is ci+onnected with the pecullarity  of more and more curtailling the sexual freedom of the group marriage  for women, but not for men. And group marriage is actually practised by men.to this day. What is considered  a crime for women and entalls  grave legal and social  consequences for them, is considered honorable for men or in the worst case a slight moral blemihs born with pleasure. But the more traditional hetaerism is transformed into undisguished prostitution, the more moralizing are its effects. And it demoralizing men far more tha women. Prostitutiion does not degrade the whole female seks, but only the luckless women that become its victims, and even those not to the the extent generally assumed.. Especially a long engagement is in nine cases out of ten a perfect training shool  of adultery.

  We are now approacing a social revolution, in which the economic fundations of monogamy will disapear just as surely as thos eof complement, prostitution. Monogamy arose through the concentration of considerable wealth in one hand- a man's hand- and from the endeavor to bequeath this wealth to the chikldrens of this  man to the exclusionof all others. This necessitated monogamy on the women's, but not on the man's part. Hence this monogamy of women is  no way hindered open or secret polygamy of men. Now,  the impending social revolution will reduce this whole care of inheritance to a minimun by changing at least the overwhelming part of permanent and inheritable wealth- the means of production- into social property.  Since monogamy was coused by economic conditions, will it disappear when these causes are abolished?

…Can prostitution disappear without engulfing at the sama time monogamy?“

                                                                       Frederick Engels, The origin of the family..

By  Charle H.. Keer& Company, Chicago, 1902. Page 90-92